Kyle McCormick or Justin Kirck

Teaches at Nazz Forge

Kyle McCormick

A Brooklyn-based artisan blacksmith whose work ranges from jewelry and household utensils, to sculpture and large-scale architectural ironwork.

His previous work includes main production blacksmith at Art and Anvil Liberty Inc. in Redhook, blacksmith and fabricator at Spirit Ironworks, fabricator for Kern Rockenfield in Brooklyn, metalworker at Argosy Designs, an artist assistant to a Dumbo-based sculptor, and as a structural maintainer for the Air Force. His work can be seen throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. He is a member of the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America and the Northeast Blacksmith Association.

Justin Kirck

As many nerdy young lads do, I took a book on blacksmithing out of the library, and read it religiously. I took it out of the library so many times, in fact, they gave it to me. I wound up finding a small anvil in the burned down barn across the street from my house, and built a forge out of an old barbecue and a hairdryer, and I asked for a bag of coal for Christmas. I don't know if getting it meant I was a good or a bad boy that year.

Early 2017, I wound up starting an apprenticeship with Theo Nazz, and I currently work as an assistant and instructor at his teaching forge in Brooklyn, NY. It has been eye opening, and I have been lucky enough to take my work from a hobby and passion into a full time job.